flat ascii

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flat ascii - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  flat ASCII
  
     <text> (Or "plain ASCII") Said of a text file that contains
     only 7-bit ASCII characters and uses only ASCII-standard
     control characters (that is, has no embedded codes specific
     to a particular text formatter markup language, or output
     device, and no meta-characters).
  
     Compare flat file.
  
     [Jargon File]
  
     (1996-01-26)